I feel like a stick in the mud doing so, but i feel obligated to ask... then why post it? I don't think the point of HN is to throw things at the wall and see

I feel like a stick in the mud doing so, but i feel obligated to ask... then why post it? I don't think the point of HN is to throw things at the wall and see what sticks :\ there's been a lot of talk of the decline of HN recently, and i can't see how posting w/o reading helps. But perhaps that's just me. I don't understand! wails